Daily Archives: September 4, 2019
Wed September 4 – 10 Stories of The Day!
4 Sep, 2019 | 09:35h | UTC
1 – Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (free until Sept 10 – registration required)
Related Study: Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (free until Sept 10 – registration required)
Commentaries: Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries — while heart disease burden persists in low-income and middle-income countries – The Lancet (free) AND Cardiovascular Disease Leading Cause of Death World-Wide, but Cancer Rising Cause in Rich Countries: Study – McMaster University (free) AND Cancer ‘biggest middle-age killer in rich nations’ – BBC (free) AND Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer – Reuters (free) AND Cancer now tops heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in these countries – CNN (free)
Recommendation Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)
Editorials: Medications to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk: Promise and Limitations (free for a limited period) AND Breast Cancer Chemoprevention—Can We Make a Case for Precision Medicine? (free for a limited period)
Evidence Report and Systematic Review: Medication Use for the Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free audio)
Commentaries: Medication can lower some women’s risk of breast cancer – Reuters (free) AND USPSTF: Aromatase Inhibitors Recommended to Help Prevent Breast Cancer – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
5 – Resistant Hypertension Updated Guidelines – Current Cardiology Reports (free)
Related: AHA Guideline: Resistant Hypertension (free) AND 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 13 – Resistant Arterial Hypertension (free)
6 – What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves – The New Yorker (free)
7 – News Release: Oxygen is neither beneficial nor harmful in patients with acute coronary syndrome – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: Supplemental Oxygen Fails Once Again in ACS Patients: NZOTACS – TCTMD (free)
Related: Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients (free) AND Systematic Review: Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients(free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Related Guidelines: 2018 updated European League Against Rheumatism evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of gout – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free) AND Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND Diagnosis of Acute Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND The British Society for Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout – Rheumatology (free)
9 – Overdiagnosis of COPD in Subjects With Unobstructed Spirometry – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How Many Patients with Diagnosed COPD Truly Have It? – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)
10 – Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Large European Study Links Soda Consumption to Greater Risk of Mortality, Including From Parkinson – AJMC (free) AND Want to live longer? You may want to ditch these drinks – CNN (free) AND Soft drinks, including sugar-free, linked to increased risk of early death – The Guardian (free) AND Soft drinks – sugared or low-calorie – may raise the risk of early death – Reuters (free)
USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer
4 Sep, 2019 | 09:11h | UTCRecommendation Summary: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free)
Editorials: Medications to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk: Promise and Limitations (free for a limited period) AND Breast Cancer Chemoprevention—Can We Make a Case for Precision Medicine? (free for a limited period)
Evidence Report and Systematic Review: Medication Use for the Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women – US Preventive Services Task Force (free)
Author Interview: USPSTF Recommendation: Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer (free audio)
Commentaries: Medication can lower some women’s risk of breast cancer – Reuters (free) AND USPSTF: Aromatase Inhibitors Recommended to Help Prevent Breast Cancer – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
#ESCCongress – Study: Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in High-income Countries
4 Sep, 2019 | 09:32h | UTCVariations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (free for a limited period – registration required)
Related Study: Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study – The Lancet (free for a limited period – registration required)
Commentaries: Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries — while heart disease burden persists in low-income and middle-income countries – The Lancet (free) AND Cardiovascular Disease Leading Cause of Death World-Wide, but Cancer Rising Cause in Rich Countries: Study – McMaster University (free) AND Cancer ‘biggest middle-age killer in rich nations’ – BBC (free) AND Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer – Reuters (free) AND Cancer now tops heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in these countries – CNN (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Presenting now #ESCCongress—#CVD remains leading cause of mortality globally, accounting for 40% of deaths, but in HIC, #cancer is now responsible for twice as many deaths: findings from #PUREStudy
Free to read with reg until Sept 10 #LancetCardiology https://t.co/iXSfIio77D pic.twitter.com/eHEJ0kWWfa
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 3, 2019
Resistant Hypertension Updated Guidelines
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:55h | UTCResistant Hypertension Updated Guidelines – Current Cardiology Reports (free)
Related: AHA Guideline: Resistant Hypertension (free) AND 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 13 – Resistant Arterial Hypertension (free)
Guidelines on the Management of Patients Developing QT Prolongation on Antipsychotic Medication
4 Sep, 2019 | 09:00h | UTC
How to Diagnose Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: The HFA–PEFF Diagnostic Algorithm
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:58h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter (Thread – Click for more)
1/8 Twitter editorial by coordinator of the HFpEF study @rudolf_deboer on new #HFA_ESC position paper ‘How to Diagnose #HF w/ Preserved Ejection Fraction – The HFA-PEFF-SCORE" https://t.co/n9VOls5ITE pic.twitter.com/XE3ao0Rq6w
— European Society of Cardiology Journals (@ESC_Journals) August 31, 2019
Perspective: What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:45h | UTCWhat Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves – The New Yorker (free)
#ESCCongress – [Not Published Yet] Randomized Trial: Oxygen is Neither Beneficial nor Harmful in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:40h | UTCNews Release: Oxygen is neither beneficial nor harmful in patients with acute coronary syndrome – European Society of Cardiology (free)
Commentary: Supplemental Oxygen Fails Once Again in ACS Patients: NZOTACS – TCTMD (free)
Related: Guideline: Oxygen Therapy for Acutely Ill Medical Patients (free) AND Systematic Review: Effects of Hyperoxia in Acutely Ill Patients(free) AND Meta-Analysis: Liberal vs Conservative Oxygen Therapy in Acutely ill Adults (link to abstract and commentary)
Systematic Review of Guidelines and Consensus Statements: Diagnosis and Treatment for Hyperuricemia and Gout
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:36h | UTCRelated Guidelines: 2018 updated European League Against Rheumatism evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of gout – Annals of Rheumatic Disease (free) AND Management of Acute and Recurrent Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND Diagnosis of Acute Gout: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (free) AND The British Society for Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout – Rheumatology (free)
Cohort Study: Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:23h | UTCAssociation Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Large European Study Links Soda Consumption to Greater Risk of Mortality, Including From Parkinson – AJMC (free) AND Want to live longer? You may want to ditch these drinks – CNN (free) AND Soft drinks, including sugar-free, linked to increased risk of early death – The Guardian (free) AND Soft drinks – sugared or low-calorie – may raise the risk of early death – Reuters (free)
[Abstract Only] Study: Overdiagnosis of COPD in Subjects with Unobstructed Spirometry
4 Sep, 2019 | 08:29h | UTCOverdiagnosis of COPD in Subjects With Unobstructed Spirometry – CHEST (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How Many Patients with Diagnosed COPD Truly Have It? – NEJM Journal Watch (free for a limited period)